Firearm Felony Law
 
United States of America v. Derek Capozzi

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Derek Capozzi challenged to the district court's disposition of his motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. First, he argues that Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015) ("Johnson II"), invalidates his enhanced sentence imposed under the Arme

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United States of America v. Charles Brownlee

Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Hobbs Act Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery, five counts of Hobbs Act Interference with Commerce by Robbery, five counts of Using, Carrying, and Brandishing a Firearm during a Crime of Violence, and one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm

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United States of America v. Malik Jahlil Bell a/k/a “Leek Obama”

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud, money laundering, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Columbia Rapper Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Money Laundering

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United States of America v. Joshua Vines

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kilo Fentanyl Trafficking

Kilo Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to More Than Eight Years in Prison




A Ral

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United States of America v. Steven George Morgan

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

A jury convicted Steven Morgan of three drug-trafficking
crimes after finding that he had been running cocaine from the
Caribbean into South Florida. On appeal, Morgan advances five
grounds for reversing his conviction—chief among them whether
either the Fourth or Fifth Amendm

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United States of America v. Aden Ibrahim

Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with gun charge.

Buffalo man arrested on gun charge




Aden Ibrahim, 29, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by

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State of Oklahoma v. R.B.B.

Woodward, Oklahoma criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. POSSESSION OF FIREARM AFTER FORMER FELONY CONVICTION

2. POSS OF CDS-METHAMPHETAMINE

3. POSS OF CDS-MARIJUANA (MISD)

4. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA (MISD)

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State of New Mexico v. Joseph Matthew Gregory Jones

Santa Fe, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary and felony murder.

Defendant was charged in relevant part with aggravated burglary and felony murder. At trial, Defendant did not contest that he was the intruder, instead filing a motion for directed verdict on the grounds that he never entered a prohibited space that would support the underlying

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United States of America v. Justin Dwayne Bertschy

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal firearm possession.

Bertschy’s firearms convictions stem from his conduct on three separate occasions. First, in January 2019, Bertschy drove his vehicle away from law enforcement at speeds over 100 miles per hour, hit a curb, and then fled on foot. After arresting Bertschy, officers found sev

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United States of America v. Vincent Nicholas Petrushkin, aka Vincint Petrushkin, aka Vincent Petrushkin

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Randy Holmes told a confidential informant for the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
(“ATF”) that he needed a gun to conduct a robbery, and ATF
set up a sting firearm transaction at a Motel 6 in Spokane on
November 5, 2021. Holmes drove t

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The People of the State of California v. Usiel Alcaraz

Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

In 2017, a jury convicted defendant Usiel Alcaraz of premeditated and deliberate attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 664), attempted robbery (id., §§ 211, 664), conspiracy to commit robbery (id., §§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 211) and active participation in a criminal street gang (id., § 186.22,

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United States of America v. Jesus Villanueva

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.

In March 2023, a deputy from the Seward County, Nebraska Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle on the interstate. Villanueva was seated in the passenger seat. Inside the car, the deputy discovered approximately 44 pounds of methamphetamine and 2 pounds of fentanyl. The

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United States of America v. Blake Christopher Basten

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms.

In the summer of 2022, law enforcement officers twice encountered Blake Basten unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. During the second encounter, Basten and his companion sought to evade law enforcement in their car,
twice striking the officer’s vehicl

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United States of America v. Moses Crowe

Sturgis, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting a carjacking resulting inserious bodily injury, aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm as a felon.

Saul Crowe forced Phillip Moore at gunpoint to drive a van from a Walmart store to the Ramkota Hotel

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United States of America v. Deoman Reeves

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eleven counts of narcotics- and firearms-related charges.

On September 26, 2019, shots were fired as two individuals drove past Reeves’s parked blue Dodge Durango in University City, Missouri. No one was injured. Local police identified Reeves as the primary suspect, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fi

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United States of America v. Jose Vasquez, a/k/a “Cholo” a/k/a “Little Crazy, William Pineda Portillo, a/k/a “Humilde”

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Racketeering

Two MS-13 Members Sentenced for Racketeering




Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13,

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United States of America v. Felisberto Lopes a/k/a “Chee-B”

Londonderry, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeering and Drug and Firearms Trafficking

Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Racketeering and Drug and Firearms Trafficking


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United States of America v. George Michael Judge

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

Possession of an unregistered destructive device in violation of 26 USC 5861(d) and 5871, which provide:

26 USC 5861(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person—
(a) to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational

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United States of America v. Kaiyir Green

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possession of a firearm and/or ammunition by a convicted felon, one count of illegal possession of a machine gun, and one count of possession of an unregistered firearm.

Essex County Man Pleads Gu

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United States of America v. John Robert Moro

Rockford, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony drug possession.

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United States of America v. Deandre Maxwell and Tyrone Fulwiley

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with felony possession of firearms, cocaine, and other para-phernalia associated with drug distribution, Tyrone Fulwiley and Deandre Maxwell were charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B), possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, 18 U.S.C

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United States of America v. Heriberto Carbajal-Flores

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm
as an illegal alien in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A).

Chicago Police arrested Heriberto Carbajal-Flores after he repeatedly fired his pistol in a city
street.

Carbajal-Flores was born in Mexico. His mother brought
him to the United States in 2002 when he was

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State of Oklahoma v. Joseph Michael Lee Pittman

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

felony child abuse.

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State of Oklahoma v. Jordan Ray Pierce

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

FELONIOUSLY CARRYING A FIREARM (FELONY)

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State of Oklahoma v. Nathan Christopher McGee

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. BURGLARY-SECOND DEGREE (FELONY)

2. POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS (MISDEMEANOR)

3. POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE (METH) (MISD)

4. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

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